Nick Barclay’s classic cocktails – in pictures

Nick Barclay’s classic cocktails – in pictures

When English graphic designer Nick Barclay moved to Sydney five years ago, he was struck by its thriving cocktail scene. Introduced to his first Negroni (gin, vermouth, Campari and a twist of orange), it was love. “It’s the only cocktail that’s really suitable for a man to drink,” he says, “because it’s in a nice manly glass and it’s so bloody strong.” After a stint working on Australian Bartender magazine, Barclay was inspired to create a series of clean, crisp poster designs based on cocktail recipes, shaped like the appropriate glass. “My work’s been getting more and more minimal over the past year, and something just clicked: I would break down cocktails into different blocks of colour into their basic form.”